8 people file complaints against Bajwa Developers in Mohali on unfair practice

The case of the complainants was that, they had booked a flat with Bajwa Developers, and they have agreed to sell the fully constructed habitable plot to the complainant in 2011TNN | December 15, 2015, 07:48 IST

MOHALI: Eight consumers from different locations have filed complaints against Bajwa Developers located in Sunny Enclave, Mohali due to a delay in timely handing over of possession. The district consumer forum has directed the company to refund money which amounts to Rs 45.12 lakh and compensation money worth Rs 4 lakh. The district court had received these eight complaints against the company in one day alone.

The eight cases of the complainants had come from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab.

The case of the complainants was that, they had booked a flat with Bajwa Developers, and they have agreed to sell the fully constructed habitable plot to the complainant in 2011.

The cost of the flat varied as per the area. According to the agreement, the complainant had paid an initial installment of Rs.3 to 6 lakh to the developers in 2011 and thereafter it was agreed that the possession of the flat will be handed over on November 2, 2012 and the sale deed was to be executed within 10 days thereafter.

The complainant found the Bajwa Developers lacking on that account as they had not received the requisite sanction and approval from the authorities before executing the buyer's agreement and receiving the payment in pursuance thereof from the complainant.

Bajwa Developers have failed to show any progress at site and have not handed over the possession duley on November 2012 to the complainant.

Even the legal notice sent by the complainant remained unanswered from the company's side.

Bajwa Developers had indulged into unfair trade practice for which the complainants have suffered financial losses therefore had to sought compensation by way of interest on the deposited amount and compensation for mental agony and financial loss due to deprivation of use and benefit of his agreed property and punitive damages.

Though the counsel of the Bajwa Developers have denied these charges on their part in the written statement and have further submitted that they have already filed suit for declaration regarding the agreement to sell before the civil court and notice has already been issued to the complainant.